by Britt Hayes I love Christina Ricci. Greatest actress ever? Not in a million years, but she’s just so damn cute and likable that it’s hard to not like her. I’d put Drew Barrymore on that same list until her incredible turn as Little Edie Beale in HBO’s Grey Gardens. (What’s that you say? You [...]

by Britt Hayes Steven Soderbergh is the Brett Favre of filmmaking. He’s retiring, he’s not retiring, okay just one more movie, nevermind. Look, I’m not complaining. Soderbergh is a seriously talented man with some seriously fantastic films (I can really do without Traffic, though). And now he’s lending his talents to something more palatable for [...]

by Britt Hayes The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is held every March in Austin, Texas (aka The Greatest City Ever), showcasing the newest, bestest, and brightest of film, music, and more. This year’s SXSW film festival takes place March 12th-20th, and this week the official site posted the list of films we can look [...]

by Britt Hayes CHUD just premiered the final one sheet for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming psychological horror flick Shutter Island. It doesn’t look too much different from the teaser poster revealed before, but the final product is stunning. Like Mr. Devin Faraci over at CHUD, I too saw Shutter Island a couple of weeks ago at [...]

Shutter Island (2010) Studio: Paramount Release Date: February 19, 2010 Directed by: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max Von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Ted Levine, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley Reviewed by: Britt Hayes When I was younger, I didn’t care much for Scorsese films. Truth is, I didn’t understand [...]

by Britt Hayes Welcome to the final part of our first annual holiday gift guide. I’m going to run things down a little differently in this edition. In the DVD and Blu-ray sections, I’ll start with bargains, move to regular priced items, and then to boxed sets and pricey editions (if any). For books, it’ll [...]

by Britt Hayes In part two of our first annual holiday gift guide, I’ll be giving you foxes a list of great horror-themed t-shirts, posters, and artwork. In part one, I gave a pretty fantastic rundown of horror toys and collectibles, and in part three I’ll be covering DVD/Blu-ray, music, and books. If you have [...]

by Britt Hayes I recall the first time I heard about Changeling, Eastwood’s suspense-drama starring Angelina Jolie. I thought he was remaking the 1980 Peter Medak horror classic, The Changeling. That “the” makes a big difference, and I soon found out he was making a suspenseful drama set in the 40′s, centered around Angelina Jolie’s [...]

The Box (2009) Directed by: Richard Kelly Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Review by: Britt Hayes On December 16, 1976, NASA scientist Arthur Lewis, and his school teacher wife, Norma, are delivered a mysterious box by the enigmatic Arlington Steward. Later that day, Mr. Steward comes to call on the home and explains [...]

Book Review: Infected (2008) Release Date: April 1, 2008 Publisher: Crown Written By: Scott Sigler Review By: Kayley Viteo If there’s any genre of books that has absolutely exploded in recent years, it’s that of the zombie/infected/undead. The sheer volume of these types of books out there makes it increasingly difficult to differentiate yourself from [...]

by Britt Hayes Variety has gotten word that Lakeshore Entertainment has signed Scott Derrickson to direct a new supernatural suspense thriller called The Living. The film will be produced by Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi, as well as Paul Harris Boardman. Boardman and Derrickson previously made the successful The Exorcism of Emily Rose for Lakeshore [...]

Warner Bros. Pictures dragged their feet about as long as they could on this one, but they’ve finally released their official one sheet to the upcoming September 11 release of Dominica Sen’s WHITEOUT. The film stars Kate Beckinsale, Tom Skerritt, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, and Alex O’Loughlin and follows Beckinsale as U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko who has [...]